Great Meteoron Monastery
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Great Meteoron Monastery is the largest and oldest of the Meteora monasteries in central Greece, renowned for its dramatic clifftop setting and its significance in Eastern Orthodox monastic history.
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Christian religious building
ⓘ
Eastern Orthodox monastery ⓘ monastery ⓘ |
| access | stairways carved into rock ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle | Byzantine architecture ⓘ |
| builtOn | sandstone rock pillar ⓘ |
| coFoundedBy | Saint Joasaph of Meteora NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| contains |
Byzantine frescoes
ⓘ
ecclesiastical relics ⓘ historical documents ⓘ icons ⓘ manuscripts ⓘ |
| country | Greece ⓘ |
| dedicatedTo | Transfiguration of Jesus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| denomination | Eastern Orthodox Church NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| elevationAboveValley | approximately 400 meters ⓘ |
| formerAccess | ladders and rope nets ⓘ |
| foundedAroundYear | 1340 ⓘ |
| foundedBy | Saint Athanasios the Meteorite NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| foundedInCentury | 14th century ⓘ |
| governingBody | Greek Orthodox Church NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Megalo Meteoro
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Monastery of the Transfiguration NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasComponent |
chapels
ⓘ
courtyard ⓘ katholikon ⓘ library ⓘ monastic cells ⓘ museum ⓘ refectory ⓘ |
| heritageDesignation | UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance |
important center of Eastern Orthodox monasticism
ⓘ
refuge during Ottoman period ⓘ |
| isLargestOf | Meteora monasteries NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isOldestOf | Meteora monasteries NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Meteora
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Thessaly NERFINISHED ⓘ central Greece ⓘ |
| nearbySettlement |
Kalabaka
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Kastraki NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| overlooks | Plain of Thessaly NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Meteora monasteries NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion |
Eastern Orthodox Christianity
ⓘ
surface form:
Eastern Orthodoxy
|
| touristAttraction | yes ⓘ |
| UNESCOInscriptionYear | 1988 ⓘ |
| UNESCOSiteCategory | Mixed cultural and natural property ⓘ |
| UNESCOSiteName | Meteora NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedFor |
monastic life
ⓘ
pilgrimage ⓘ religious worship ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.